JC Wings JC2JST276

JC Wings JC2JST276 is a 1/200 scale diecast model of the de Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 registration VH-SBI of Eastern Australia Airlines in the livery of Jetstar. Eastern Australia Airlines ran VH-SBI for Jetstar on regional services in New Zealand from 2015 until 2019. When it returned to Australia and was rebranded as QantasLink

Eastern Australia Airlines

Eastern Australia Airlines is a regional domestic airline, a subsidiary of Qantas and operates under the QantasLink brand. It was established and started operations in 1949 as Tamworth Air Taxi Service (Tamair), with the change to Eastern Australia Airlines in 1986. It became a subsidiary of Qantas in 1992.

de Havilland Canada Dash-8

The de Havilland Canada DHC-8 (Dash 8) is a Canadian twin-engine regional airliner developed from the Dash 7. It features improved cruise performance and lower operational costs, although it does not have short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. The maiden flight took place on June 20, 1983, and entered service in 1984 with NorOntair and Piedmont Airlines. The Dash 8 is manufactured in four variants: the initial -100, which seats 37-40 passengers; the more powerful -200; the stretched -300, which accommodates 50-56 seats; and the -400, which holds 68-90 seats. The Q Series, introduced in 1997, includes an active noise control system. The Q-400 is the only model currently in production.

In 1988, Boeing purchased de Havilland Canada, but it was sold to Bombardier in 1992. In 2019, Longview Aviation Capital acquired the manufacturing rights to the Q-400 and revitalised the de Havilland Canada brand.

The cockpit crew consists of two pilots, while the passenger cabin typically accommodates between 37 and 82 passengers, depending on the variant.

The Dash 8 is powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada turboprop engines, mounted one on each wing. These engines drive either four-bladed Hamilton Sundstrand propellers or six-blade Dowty propellers